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By ROD HIRSCH

March 31, 2020 at 1:29 PM

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Department of Health Tuesday update shows 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the borough, with a total of 405 cases in Somerset County, and 11 deaths caused by complications of COVID-19.

Somerset County reported 74 new cases overnight, with Far Hills reporting its first case; the borough had been the only Somerset County municipality without a confirmed case of the coronavirus.

The Somerset County Department of Health has confirmed the deaths of four residents of Bridgewater; three North Plainfield residents, two Franklin residents; a Hillsborough resident and a Bedminister resident.

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